"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
(I heard a sound in my head, but)
There's death in the bread line, there's death on the vine
I wanted you quite often in that I wanted you all of the time
I've been up all night, I've been up all day
I was into the illusion, I was into the never ending scene
And the sound of confusion in the willow's eye
I've been up all night, I've been up all day
Singing the mistress' Tanqueray
I had a sound in my head
But I couldn't find the words to get it out
Now I know love is the way
Get it out
I had a sound in my head
But I couldn't find the words to get it out
Now I know love is the way
Get it out
Get it out
I see death in the bread line, I see death on the vine
I want you quite often, I want you all of the time
I heard a sound in my head and I couldn't get it out, get it out
I've been up all night, I've been up all day
I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound
I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound
I was born with a sound (I've been up all night)
I was born with a sound (I've been up all day)
(I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound)
(I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound)
(I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound)
There's death in the bread line, there's death on the vine
I wanted you quite often in that I wanted you all of the time
I've been up all night, I've been up all day
I was into the illusion, I was into the never ending scene
And the sound of confusion in the willow's eye
I've been up all night, I've been up all day
Singing the mistress' Tanqueray
I had a sound in my head
But I couldn't find the words to get it out
Now I know love is the way
Get it out
I had a sound in my head
But I couldn't find the words to get it out
Now I know love is the way
Get it out
Get it out
I see death in the bread line, I see death on the vine
I want you quite often, I want you all of the time
I heard a sound in my head and I couldn't get it out, get it out
I've been up all night, I've been up all day
I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound
I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound
I was born with a sound (I've been up all night)
I was born with a sound (I've been up all day)
(I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound)
(I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound)
(I was born with a sound, I was born with a sound)
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Born with a Sound Lyrics as written by Dan Bejar
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